Dave Owen wrote: >That brings up a question: is there a benefit to using the optical >output versus the coax, or vice versa, in general on digital output >products?
There really shouldn't be, assuming a well-engineered implementation of each, but many high-end reviewers swear that the optical connection sounds less precise but "warmer" than the electrical connection. They also talk about "rhythm and pace", which in musical terms are orders of magnitude different in time scale to the sampling rate and yn jitter that might influence it. My conclusion? Those people are crazy. They might be hearing some real difference, but they have no idea how to describe it. I'm going to use the coaxial cable because I've got some spare 75 Ohm coax sitting around, and I don't have a TOSlink fiber cable. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Stimson http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
